They are our friends.
/sarc
Corruption On The Border and Kings of Cocaine Inside the Medellin Cartel an Astonishing True Story of Murder Money and International Corruption and Drug Lord - A True Story by Terrence E. Poppa The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin indicate the scope of matters.
The latter reviewed by Elaine Shannon author of Desperados - Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen and the War America Can't Win a 1988 book out of print but not out of relevance.
The FBI seems to like to target vulnerable innocents: Richard Jewel, the "person of interest" in the anthrax business, Colleen Rowley the too-energetic agent--and whistleblower.
Will the FBI pause in its Islamic-sensitivity training to respond to these kidnapping threats by desperados operating without restraint?
I favor a zero-tolerance approach to torture: when we have terrorists (drug-related, terror-related, fillintheblank-related) in custody they should be handled with great care.
Every exhale should be a) a scream of pain; b) useful intelligence.
Otherwise they should be boiled, ground, canned and shipped to tsunami victims.
Caution: this statement contains political satire ninety per cent by weight.
